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- Matt Rhule, Nebraska ‘Fighting the Disease of Average’ – Matt Rhule’s spirited halftime speech Saturday was about more than the third and fourth quarters of the Akron game.
- Nebraska football freshman Kade Pietrzak making strong impression – Nebraska football defensive coordinator John Butler had to be impressed with his team’s 68-0 victory over Akron on Saturday.
- Nebraska’s Offense Improves Despite Passing Struggles – The passing was down the past weekend, but the offense still elevated to another level.
Other News From The Sporting World
- Monday-morning quarterback: UNC, Big Sky inquired about overturned TD at CSU – A UNC go-ahead touchdown with 8 seconds remaining at CSU was overturned after replay Saturday night
- Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber hits 50th home run of season, becomes second in franchise history to accomplish feat – Schwarber’s seventh-inning blast came off the bat at 110.4 mph and went 437 feet to center
- Eagles’ Jalen Carter fined $57,222 by NFL for spitting on Cowboys’ Dak Prescott, will not receive additional suspension – No NFL player had previously been suspended for spitting
- Big 12 suspends officiating crew that worked Missouri’s win over Kansas for allowing Tigers to punt on a kickoff – The Big 12 announced Tuesday that it had suspended the officiating crew that worked Missouri’s Week 2 win over Kansas for a mistake the crew made in the first quarter of the game.
- Mountain West, Pac-12 argue over poaching fees in California court – A district court judge in San Jose, California, heard arguments on the Mountain West’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Pac-12, but did not make a ruling Tuesday.
- Why do so many football coaches emphasize Southern accents? Linguistics experts explain – On Dec. 1, 2021, Brian Kelly was introduced as the 34th head coach in LSU football history. During the hour-long news conference, he sounded like Brian Kelly, the Boston-bred football coach who established himself as one of the sport’s premier coaches during the previous dozen years at Notre Dame.
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